Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] [is] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | referring to adjudication those cases where a client 's entitlement to benefit is in doubt ; |
| 2 | Another simple rule to observe is to be careful not to crimp or squeeze the cable . |
| 3 | Frequently the key to advance is in better ways of measuring or quantifying technical processes , or material advances which in themselves remove one of the constraints on development . |
| 4 | The enticement to covet is like the attraction of an enchanting perfume , one which turns out to be a delicious , attractive , sweet-tasting poison . |
| 5 | Loch Ness was in the pages again , this time because the only known Wellington bomber to exist is on the bottom . |
| 6 | Good heavens , I think your plan to retire is for the best ; let me know if I can help in any way . |
| 7 | While the presiding officer in charge of a polling station has the right to ask questions of any voter whose identity or capacity to vote is in doubt , no one who attended at the station said they had been challenged . |
| 8 | One of the most important areas to learn is about yourself . |
| 9 | The next question to ask is about any which have scored 5 or over . |
| 10 | If one is still searching for ways to explain this absence , believing with most ethologists , socio-biologists , and even some social anthropologists that aggression is part of human nature , then the obvious place to look is for some form of ritual as catharsis , or try to identify some other culturally constructed behaviour pattern which allows the individual Chewong to shed negatively valued arousal states , like anger , which according to such theories would build up and erupt in uncontrolled violent behaviour . |
| 11 | Another good place to look is in the soil around or beneath a compost heap . |
| 12 | ‘ He says he 's interested in building up a representative collection of primitive and tribal art , but when we tell him the best place to look is in his own back yard , as it were , he tells us he does n't want Abo art , ’ James said , trying unsuccessfully to pronounce the last two words of his sentence with what he imagined was an Australian accent . |
| 13 | The best place to walk is in the middle of the pavement . |
| 14 | A sensible place to start is with the section ‘ What to study ’ , with its brief but cogent essays by practitioners of each subject on offer . |
| 15 | I mean eventually of course if somebody is dissatisfied , and they do n't believe that they 're getting er what they want , then they may well end up speaking to me , or writing to me , but er it 's the first place to start is with the individual service . |
| 16 | The only problem is knowing where to begin and a good place to start is at one of the best known fishing hotels in the north , Scourie Hotel , owned and managed by Ian Hay and his family for more than thirty years . |
| 17 | If the bias towards one end is only small , the best place to start is in the middle where there is often plenty of space and the chances of making a good start are greater . |
| 18 | As with any important expedition , the best place to start is in the comfort of your own sofa , making a plan of campaign . |
| 19 | The best place to start is in the pencil test . |
| 20 | The outstanding cathedral of the period to survive is at Lund , in Skåne , which was begun about 1080 . |
| 21 | The Member States may indeed decide that the employee 's contract shall simply continue with the transferor , but they may equally decide that the employee 's refusal to transfer shall be regarded as a termination of the contract by the employer or , even , that the refusal to transfer is to be treated as a determination of the contract of by the employee ( point 36 ) . |
| 22 | But we should all be doing something , and the best place to begin is with a prayer every day for God 's blessing on the great work of telling people that God loves them . |
| 23 | A good place to begin is with the goals that you had reached about two weeks before you went on holiday . |
| 24 | As often , the proper place to begin is with a text of Gaius . |
| 25 | An obvious place to begin is with problems arising from the omission of the proper words for a testamentary disposition . |
| 26 | Perhaps the place to begin is with the critics . |
| 27 | erm what this gives us an opportunity to do is to further exploit and promote erm the English , or the sort of British holiday , and this is why we are sort of working on the theme ‘ Britain 's great ’ , because a lot of people have yet to discover various parts of Britain and there are all sorts of holidays , you know , across Britain , from Land 's End to County Antrim , from Loch Ness to London Town . |
| 28 | The feeling to emphasise is of a three-piece action . |
| 29 | One of the several things we would advise any visitor to San Gimignano to do is to be in its main square , Piazza della Cisterna , towards evening when the light of the setting sun tinges the buildings with delicate colours . |
| 30 | The most difficult part of learning to read is learning that learning to read is worth the effort involved , and of being aware of the rewards of reading . |